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Cakile edentula
Also called American Sea Rocket, Sea Kale, Sea Rocket
Cakile edentula is a fleshy, low-growing coastal plant of sandy beaches and dunes in eastern North America. It thrives in full sun and sandy, salty soil, and tolerates the harsh conditions of the shoreline.
Cakile edentula, the American searocket, is a species of the flowering Cakile plant. This plant is native to North America.
Cakile edentula is most commonly found on the beaches and dunes of North America. It is found on the East coast of the United States and Canada. American sea-rocket is most likely to be found in areas along the coastline. This plant is not a wetland plant, but can occasionally be found in wetland environments. It is also a non-native, invasive species in other parts of the world, especially Japan and Australia, and on the west coast of North America.
The leaves are edible, preferably cooked, and not eaten in great quantity.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cakile edentula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
